Let's talk about Lord Hauchefant.

[Balipu]

What I really wonder is how far in the storyline we will progress until we realize the pope is evil... cuz thats sure to happen

Yeah this is irriatating as again we know things the character doesn't (like when the player didn't suspect Nanamo's cup was poisoned cause he/she didn't get to watch the patch video). We the players saw the pope with the ascians and saw Urianger with the Ascians.

[Garlyle]

Hey OP, you missed the first half, which is still golden:

It's from this post originally.


It's also worth noting: localization for XIV isn't always "the japanese is written and then it's translated over" like people expect. According to the lore teams themselves, they meet up and discuss things like plot details to be conveyed, general script flow, etc, and then write their own versions individually - it's not the same thing as "there's one original sacred script". Haurchefant's obvious in japanese is just as canon as the more subtle flirting in NA (Which, when you contrast the NA and JP scripts in general, fits with the rest of the writing in their respective regions)

That said I've come to love Haurchefant. I didn't during the original ~L40 ishgard content because that part was plodding and dry and my least favourite part of the original MSQ and so I disliked everyone about it. But when we came back to him later he lit up like a christmas tree, with genuine joy and excitement that's actually very rare from the cast of the game.

[Balipu]

It's also worth noting: localization for XIV isn't always "the japanese is written and then it's translated over" like people expect. According to the lore teams themselves, they meet up and discuss things like plot details to be conveyed, general script flow, etc, and then write their own versions individually

This. Hell, it was mentioned that in certain situations the english script is the original and it is simplified for the japanese.

[Viridiana]

It's also worth noting: localization for XIV isn't always "the japanese is written and then it's translated over" like people expect. According to the lore teams themselves, they meet up and discuss things like plot details to be conveyed, general script flow, etc, and then write their own versions individually - it's not the same thing as "there's one original sacred script". Haurchefant's obvious in japanese is just as canon as the more subtle flirting in NA (Which, when you contrast the NA and JP scripts in general, fits with the rest of the writing in their respective regions)

I totally agree and have made this same point before. That said, though, early Haurchefant is one of the few areas I can agree that the difference is more extreme than I'd like. NA has veered towards the JP characterization, though, so I'm not really annoyed by it.

[Duelle]

Still expect a popup once you get that far...*Lady Iceheart joins your party!* xD

Great, now I'm wanting storyline companions to replace the chocobo.

Could do it the way WoW did with bodyguard followers, so in this case if you had Iceheart following you, if you ran into another player that also had her as a follower she wouldn't look like Iceheart. Instead you'd see that player being followed by a "Honorbound Harrier". Likewise, that player would see an Honorbound Harrier following you.

[Kuurei]

Great, now I'm wanting storyline companions to replace the chocobo.

Could do it the way WoW did with bodyguard followers, so in this case if you had Iceheart following you, if you ran into another player that also had her as a follower she wouldn't look like Iceheart. Instead you'd see that player being followed by a "Honorbound Harrier". Likewise, that player would see an Honorbound Harrier following you.

That could be fun. Never got far enough in WoW to notice this xD kinda like EQ2 mercs but important charas only/possibly only for story purposes.

[Vejjiegirl]

He looks very cute here

[Kuurei]

Elezen are a special case where the in-game model looks like a giraffe, while the conceptual art looks amazing.

[EdwinLi]

I'm starting to think we may not begin to take back ul'dah until 3.X MSQ considering everything shown has only been focused on only the Ishgard region and the Dragonsong war only for 3.0 MSQ clips.

A part of myself really hope that we would begin to take back Ul'dah in 3.0 but guess they need some kind of plot for 3.X and Ul'dah can be a long one.

[Dualblade]

I remember that April's Fools joke about being able to romance NPC's..and honestly if we could, I could see Hauchefant being a popular choice at this point regardless of gender.